Welfare Ministry
Students with Down syndrome, autism graduate as teaching assistants
The first cohort completed a joint Herzog College-Shekel training program aimed at bringing people with disabilities into Israeli classrooms as paid teaching assistants.
Elder fraud cases jump 61% in Israel as abuse reports rise, Welfare Ministry says
Israel's municipalities are failing on nearly every possible front, government probe reveals
A generational crisis: Israel's most vulnerable children pay war's steepest price
Israel offers NIS 10 million to orgs. who will treat young October 7 survivors
The potential target audience for these treatments consists of around 10,000 young people, said the Welfare Ministry, who anticipates that around 3,000 will make use of programs.
Of the 2,500 Holocaust survivors who experienced the October 7 massacre, 86 have died
Israel's Welfare and Social Affairs Ministry announced that 86 Holocaust survivors had died since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war.
October orphans: Who cares for Israeli kids whose parents were killed by Hamas?
On October 7, Hamas made many children into orphans by killing their parents. Who takes care of these children now? The Magazine takes a look at this complex situation.
Aid workers, including from UNRWA, face deportation from Israel - report
Welfare and Social Affairs Ministry employees claim that they simply don't have the tools to give property background checks and security clearance needed to recommend candidates for visa extensions
Losing family to terror attacks at young age can make academics harder - study
A new Jerusalem study analyzes the effect of losing a parent or sibling in early childhood on educational achievement later in life.
21 Israeli children orphaned by Hamas's October 7 massacre
One of the children, a four-year-old girl, was orphaned and kidnapped by Hamas and is still being held hostage in Gaza.
Israel to bring in thousands of foreign caregivers for people with disabilities
The agreement comes following months of negotiations between the ministries and the organizations in order to come to a resolution prior to the beginning of the new school year.
Breaking the cycle of poverty
An interview with Ya’akov Margi, Israel’s Minister of Welfare and Social Affairs.
Welfare minister rejects A-G's call to allow LGBT couples to adopt
Welfare Minister Yaakov Mergi claimed that allowing LGBTQ couples to adopt would "add complexities" to a child's life.
Israel has over 11,000 at-risk children but no foster homes for them
There are currently 3,789 children across Israel living in foster care, but 11,500 children are classified as "at-risk" and live in boarding schools because not enough people will foster.
